If you were going to be in remote areas with an automatic, you'd at least want an aux battery and a spare starter onboard. Preferably, the aux battery would be hooked up via a Sure Power 1315 and 4 gauge cables so that the aux could provide a boost for the starting battery without having to jumper them together. Mike '84 GL 7 pass automatic '84 GL Westy 4 speed '85 GL Westy 4 speed
Jake de Villiers wrote: > " You can't push-start an automatic" > > That's the deal killer right there. Fifteen miles up a logging road in BC > with a dead battery you most definitely do not want an automatic. |
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